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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6906,Lat: 47.3
Elevation	555 meter above sea level
Local time	11:46:13am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Uster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Egg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rällikon	2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mönchaltorf	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Uessikon	3 km	North
4 Uetikon am See	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Oetwil am See	3.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	65 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	102 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	319 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 319 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Greifensee (8.1 km² at a height of around 434 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 14.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 43%, low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.2 km2

20.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

45.3 km2

57.7%

Urban area

12.7 km2

16.2%

Water - Lakes

3.7 km2

4.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Egg in country Switzerland

Egg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	37 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	52 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	54 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Egg

Type of weather in Egg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam